Millest's Wargaming Blog!
It will no doubt end up becoming a place for my own odd thoughts! However its meant to start life as a Wargaming, hobby and painting blog. It will also be a book review site, a bit of a product review page, an airsoft blog and in places lots of other things, but over all I hope it will be a good read!

Monday, February 23, 2015

Following on from the command squad posted last week this week I took delivery of several command figures to act as leaders and centres to my force.

again possibly not all RT but all certainly pre-2nd edition from what i can tell

there might only be three of them but they will certainly pack a punch when it comes to finally getting a colour on them!

always liked chaplains and this one is the best of the bunch when it comes to the older models and has extra detail that others lacked.

Picked the Lt up as i think he fits with the RTB plastics well and i like the pose. The extra detail inc the specialised markings make it a perfect mini for a commander

my librarian again is picked as the best of the bunch and when and if i get an assault squad i think the jump pack will work really well.

Now i have finally picked a scheme for them, and yes i know some of you will think boring, but i really fancy the Crimson Fists scheme, they are the oldest chapter in the magazines (but obviously not in the fluff) and the poster boys of RT and i like them. There will be some extra stuff in there as well so don't just think it will all be red and blue there will be something to keep things interesting.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Following on from yesterdays post the models for my command squad arrived, whilst these are RT era models (i know some are a tad newer but still pre 1995) I will be running them using the latest codex rules hence this unit.

So here are the models picked up for my command Squad:

An interesting little mix of models spanning the whole range of early GW metal marines, there's no real rhyme or reason to the mix but i just like the models.

First up us this model with Terminator honours for use as a veteran sergeant for the squad, basic weaponry but a nice model.

This medic will obviously be used as the squad apothecary, they are not going to get the over the top white treatment but they will get something special.

whilst not a current command squad choice this Techmarine will end up as a member of the squad but will get some appropriate Ad Mech markings and looks. Again another model i like and needed :)

This advancing marine will be a basic squad member but might be getting a unique paint scheme to add some flavour to the squad and use him to tie in to another unit.

The comms marine was bought just for fun and again will just fill out the squad and get some nice paintwork on him - though that's dependent on my skills!

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Well after a quiet few days waiting for various packages and parcels the core of the force has finally turned up and now to start showing off some of the units pre-paint.

Today is the turn of the devastator squad, this is mainly made up of a core of metal models and 5 of the plastic RTB01s from the third squad in my first RTB post here. That squad has some in useful as with a few extra trades they have now filled out this unit and put together some donor models for a random squad of five (more on them later in the blog).

Here are the models that are forming the base of my heavy weapons teams.

that core unit is lead by a sergeant using the old calgar bodyguard figure which i think makes a nice cold and calculating director of fire

It is bolstered by two very odd looking heavy bolter wielding marines, the old heavy bolters don't really seem much bigger than the current edition standard bolters.

Backing these guys up are two marines with either graviton weapons, conversion beamers or plasma cannons depending on what version of them you look up.

Finally we have a chap armed with the weirdest lascannon of all time, though i do love the fact the long range weapon appears to have a close combat blade!

so that's the next unit for the force, so coming soon more pics of my odds and sods and hopefully soon some point on them!

The starter set will be joined by a plastic heresy armour
set and some plastic Skitarri over the course of the next year. The idea of
these boxes is allow players to create armies that can be played in both 30k
and 40k and as such expand both markets.

Both Admech and the Legions produced by FW proved to be
popular beyond all expectations. So popular infact that GW can justify pumping
out kits for a game that isn't even one of their core games. It's also being
done as a safety nets, in case 9th ed Fantasy (Which 30k now outsells) crashes
and burns, then they have 30k in place to pick up the pieces.

The Old armour kit will be a mix of armour types rather
than a kit of say Mk4 armour. All parts will be of course compatible with the
current Space Marine range. I do believe a plastic servitor is being done too.

via Hastings on Warseer in response to above

This is partially true. The "starter set" is in
fact a standalone game, however I'll accept starter set as it does lead onto
the main 30k game. I think it's safe to assume that 30k could/will have a
different game mechanic to 40k, or it would be pretty pointless as a standalone
game. Hence the reason that some boxes will contain rules for both 30 & 40k
(if the rules weren't different they'd only include 1 set of rules.

It's not however a safety net for WFB, it's a replacement
for lotr/hobbit on the shelves as AFAIK all of this is going direct only. WFB
is going to have plenty of store presence, and regardless of what many (and
indeed I) think I don't think the reboot will be bad for WFB, especially if in
it's current format is failing to sell. Hell at one point it was almost totally
canned.

You never know new WFB might just be awesome (not
finecast awesome either), however my own feelings are that the background is
what makes WFB, dick with this then it isn't WFB any more, and frankly that
just isn't for me. I'm going a little O/T here posting about WFB on 40k (or
should that be 30k??) boards but I feel it's as good a time as any. I think
what's done WFB no good is the high entry cost and investment of time &
money to get a decent army, making a game that's playable as a skirmish game
AND a massed battle game does make financial sense, start small, minimal
initial outlay, get people interested/hooked, build and buy a bigger army,
SADLY this is where GW fall down, THIS IS WHAT THEY USED TO DO YEARS AGO, with games
like Heroquest, Warhammer Quest, Blood Bowl etc. get people into the Warhammer
world and setting and races of that fantasy world.

They lost sight of this and thought that the product was
self sustaining, it isn't, there is much more competition now for peoples hard
earned cash than ever before, there are many companies that do similar and in
some cases better stuff than GW and people know it, because other companies use
the internet etc. to their advantage, GW see it as the enemy, and they are wrong.

I guarantee this thread has generated more excitement in
a few short hours than crap like warhammer visions ever will, and it won't cost
them hardly anything. People including me are now thinking, maybe I'll get some
nids really for genestealer cults coming along, or I'll pick up an extra
deathstorm box for all the nids, or whatever, that GW is SALES. Hiding away
ignoring your fan base is beyond ridiculous, especially in such a niche market.
The fact that Whispereroftruth said "Admech..... proved popular beyond all
expectations" shows just how little they know/listen to their fanbase, as
this has been one of THE most wishlisted armies for so many years it is
ridiculous. Anyway enough rambling.

This is the motherload of information tonight. There is a
lot of good news here, as well as some rather sad news for Sister's of Battle.
It seems that Sister's of Battle (adeptus Sororitas) may not be on the list of
things coming this year.

This is a compilation of the latest rumors going on right
now as we speak!

I want to thank Drbored for compiling a lot of this. We
will following any further developments on these rumors. Notice the
Admech....... The Skitarii are coming.

Please remember that these are all rumors. Hastings has
always been very solid, and a great resource for the what is coming in the
future.

via 75hastings69

Right guys there are several separate rumours that folks
are getting mixed

up. So I'll at least split it up a little for you. THIS
IS NOT RELEASE

ORDER, just to help separate the rumours. IT ALSO ISN'T A
FULL LIST OF THIS

YEARS 40K RELEASES, in fact some of these may be early
next year. NONE OF

THESE ARE WFB BASED.

Admech Codex & models (full release)

***** Codex & Models (Harlequin sized release)

***** Codex & Models (Harlequin sized release)

***** Standalone Boxed "historical game" models
from which will form part

of "a full range" (notice I didn't say existing
range )

***** Standalone Boxed Game models from which will form
part of an existing

range

I haven't heard anything about mark 9 armour so don't
associate it with any

of the above.

Hastings and Lords of War Gaming also said Sisters of
Battle will not be

coming out this year at all, LoWG on their Facebook and
Hastings on Warseer.

Question by drbored on Warseer (hastings response is
afterwards)

Sad about Sisters, but let's work on the rest of these.

When you say 'Harlequin-sized release' you mean in terms
of number of kits?

So it COULD be a main codex (like Space Marines or
whatevs) getting about

as many models as the Harlequins got, or are we talking
about smaller

forces like the Militarum Tempestus and Harlequin-style
releases with new

Codices?

Also I think it's pretty clear that the 'full range' is
going to become

GW's plastic 30k stuff, which means the boxed 'historical
game' is going to

be Horus Heresy based, or am I just off the mark?

75hastings69 Response

I mean Harlequin sized as in number of kits, i.e. a few
characters, a

troops kit, a larger kit and a transport. Or thereabouts
One kind of has a

main codex, kind of, and it's been mentioned on this very
thread. The other

has also been mentioned on another thread, the one that
got moved for not

having any news or rumours in.... even though it actually
contained quite a

bit. In fact I suppose you might say the 2nd has a main
codex too (kind of)

You sir are on the mark

It's HH as stated above.

I think there's a misunderstanding here. BOTH new
standalone games will have their model contents released. The first being HH,
will see models released as part of the 30k range. The 2nd boxed game models
will be released as part of 40k range, part that is currently only available in
finecast and not deathwatch before anyone says it again.

HH Standalone box game, on sale for a few months, then
models become part of 30k range.

Assassins Standalone box game, on sale for a few months,
then models become part of the 40k range.

Not Arbites, Not CSM in any form, subtract from those
listed. Although I did say that DA might get an update AND that there may be a
40k release of a GD, Deamons and CSM for a god that isn't Khorne at some time
later in the year.

Two are due out this year (greater daemons) AFAIK, and
we've seen pics of 1

I will just reiterate I DO NOT KNOW THE TIMEFRAME of
these releases, I've been out of the loop for some time. I can only assume that
Lords of Wargaming have the Apr/May Admech correct (I'd heard April) but I've
no idea of the schedule or indeed order of the other stuff.

I guess Patriarch, Magus, Hybrids, and Limo might just
about make that a Harlequin sized release?

Totally (well not totally actually) unrelated I did hear
that actual CODEXes? (CODices?) god know s the plural, might soon be a thing of
the past. with all rules being in box leaflets. Some might even contain 2 sets
of rules, one for 40k and one for 30k But I'm not 100% on this.

Sunday, February 08, 2015

Book 5 in May(ish). Several new models/unit entries for Legions. Cults, Imperials, Mechanicum, and Knights getting updates. Also seems most if not all primaries will be getting a 2.0 version for later in the heresy. I suspect Ferrus will either just get a skull on a base or nothing